Art Market Blog with Nic Forrest

Aboriginal Art Fair and Art Award 08 – artmarketblog.com On Wednesday the 13th of August I am heading to Darwin, which is the capital of Australia’s Northern Territory, for the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair as well as the 25th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. The Australian Aboriginal Art movement is undoubtedly [...]

The Saville Sister Act – artmarketblog.com The name Jenny Saville may not be as well known as several of her other former YBA counterparts such as Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin due perhaps to Saville’s less in-your-face approach and her dedication to the more traditional practice of figurative painting. Saville’s work has, however, not gone [...]

Top Ten Art Video Sites – artmarketblog.com The more information you have about artists and the art market, the better your chances of being a successful art investor. Below are my top ten sources for videos on art, artists and the art market which should help you on the path to art market enlightenment. Enjoy [...]

Affordable Investment Art August 08 – artmarketblog.com At first glance the photographs by New York based artist Adia Millet appear to be extremely well executed images of rather intriguing and very appealing interiors of rooms. Upon closer inspection, however, anomalies begin to become apparent of which, for me, the most obvious were the very odd [...]

Oz Art Auction Crisis – artmarketblog.com A report into the questionable conduct of some of Australia’s top art dealers and auction houses by the current affairs program Four Corners has led to a formal complaint being made regarding the practices of Australia’s top art auction house. Rodney Menzies of Australia’s leading art auction house, Deutscher [...]

Art Market Adapts to Supply Issues – artmarketblog.com Souren Melikian of the International Herald Tribune recently wrote an article voicing his concerns about the dwindling supply of important Impressionist and Modern paintings. Using Monet’s “Nymphéas” which sold for £40.92 million June as well as what he considers to be an underwhelming Degas pastel that sold [...]

Rationlising Art Market Events – artmarketblog.com Having spent many, many hours analysing the so called “art market crash” of the late early 90’s, I have come to the conclusion that the likelihood of the current art market taking a similar route as it did at that time, and for the same reasons, is virtually impossible. [...]

Ed Ruscha Affordable Edition – artmarketblog.com Ed Ruscha is one of those artists that many collectors would sell their grandmothers for but thanks to Printed Matter, nanna can continue to enjoy her twilight years in peace (for now). As one of the founding fathers of the Pop Art movement along with the likes of Warhol, [...]

Art Fraud Open Forum – artmarketblog.com Art fraud is still a very taboo subject within the art market with a large majority of people more happy to ignore what is going on than have their name associated with anything even remotely related to fake artworks or fraudulant activities. Because of the unwillingness of art dealers [...]

Precociousness Plagues Art Market – artmarketblog.com Pre*co”cious*ness\, Precocity \Pre*coc”i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. pr['e]cocit['e].] The quality or state of being precocious; untimely ripeness; premature development (dictionary.com) Last post I wrote about the problems associated with artist’s being prematurely promoted to art market stardom by a market that is desperate for new talent. Of particular concern is [...]